Tosh, host of the popular Comedy Central Internet clip show Tosh.0 found himself on the wrong end of a firestorm yesterday after word spread via Tumblr that he had responded to a female heckler who found his rape jokes offensive by suggesting that it would be amusing to see the girl get raped by several audience members.

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Tosh may well have been inspired by C.K., whose FX series Louie featured a very similar scene (left) in which a female heckler chides C.K. for his rape jokes and he retorts with a rape joke.

Though the Tosh incident is being compared to Michael Richards' racist implosion, Laugh Factory owner Jamie Masada said the analogy isn't there. "Michael Richards came from hatred," Masada told BuzzFeed. "Daniel Tosh did not - it was a joke and that's what comedians do."